今日读经

约瑟带弟兄见法老

¹约瑟进去告诉法老说：“我的父亲和我的弟兄带着羊群牛群，并一切所有的，从迦南地来了，如今在歌珊地。”So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”

²约瑟从他弟兄中挑出五个人来，引他们去见法老。And he chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.

³法老问约瑟的弟兄说：“你们以何事为业？”他们对法老说：“你仆人是牧羊的，连我们的祖宗也是牧羊的。”“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”

⁴他们又对法老说：“迦南地的饥荒甚大，仆人的羊群没有草吃，所以我们来到这地寄居。现在求你容仆人住在歌珊地。”Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”

⁵法老对约瑟说：“你父亲和你弟兄到你这里来了，Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,

⁶埃及地都在你面前，只管叫你父亲和你弟兄住在国中最好的地；他们可以住在歌珊地。你若知道他们中间有什么能人，就派他们看管我的牲畜。”the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”

雅各为法老祝福

⁷约瑟领他父亲雅各进到法老面前，雅各就给法老祝福。Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

⁸法老问雅各说：“你平生的年日是多少呢？”“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.

⁹雅各对法老说：“我寄居在世的年日是一百三十岁，我平生的年日又少又苦，不及我列祖在世寄居的年日。”“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”

¹⁰雅各又给法老祝福，就从法老面前出去了。Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from his presence.

住在兰塞境内

¹¹约瑟遵着法老的命，把埃及国最好的地，就是兰塞境内的地，给他父亲和弟兄居住，作为产业。So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

¹²约瑟用粮食奉养他父亲和他弟兄，并他父亲全家的眷属，都是照各家的人口奉养他们。Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.

用银子和牲畜换粮

¹³饥荒甚大，全地都绝了粮，甚至埃及地和迦南地的人因那饥荒的缘故都饿昏了。There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.

¹⁴约瑟收聚了埃及地和迦南地所有的银子，就是众人籴粮的银子，约瑟就把那银子带到法老的宫里。Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.

¹⁵埃及地和迦南地的银子都花尽了，埃及众人都来见约瑟，说：“我们的银子都用尽了，求你给我们粮食，我们为什么死在你面前呢？”When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”

¹⁶约瑟说：“若是银子用尽了，可以把你们的牲畜给我，我就为你们的牲畜给你们粮食。”“Then bring me your livestock,” said Joseph. “Since the money is gone, I will sell you food in exchange for your livestock.”

¹⁷于是他们把牲畜赶到约瑟那里，约瑟就拿粮食换了他们的牛、羊、驴、马；那一年因换他们一切的牲畜，就用粮食养活他们。So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. Throughout that year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.

埃及人卖身卖地归法老

¹⁸那一年过去，第二年他们又来见约瑟，说：“我们不瞒我主，我们的银子都花尽了，牲畜也都归了我主。我们在我主眼前，除了我们的身体和田地之外，一无所剩。When that year was over, they came to him the second year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and all our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.

¹⁹你何忍见我们人死地荒呢？求你用粮食买我们和我们的地，我们和我们的地就要给法老效力。又求你给我们种子，使我们得以存活，不致死亡，地土也不致荒凉。”Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”

²⁰于是，约瑟为法老买了埃及所有的地，埃及人因被饥荒所迫，各都卖了自己的田地；那地就都归了法老。So Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s,

²¹至于百姓，约瑟叫他们，从埃及这边直到埃及那边，都各归各城。and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.

²²惟有祭司的地，约瑟没有买，因为祭司有从法老所得的常俸。他们吃法老所给的常俸，所以他们不卖自己的地。However, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.

纳五分之一的常例

²³约瑟对百姓说：“我今日为法老买了你们和你们的地，看哪，这里有种子给你们，你们可以种地。Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.

²⁴后来打粮食的时候，你们要把五分之一纳给法老，四分可以归你们做地里的种子，也做你们和你们家口孩童的食物。”At harvest time, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and food for yourselves and your households and children.”

²⁵他们说：“你救了我们的性命。但愿我们在我主眼前蒙恩，我们就作法老的仆人。”“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”

²⁶于是约瑟为埃及地定下常例，直到今日：法老必得五分之一，惟独祭司的地不归法老。So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.

以色列人在歌珊生育甚多

²⁷以色列人住在埃及的歌珊地。他们在那里置了产业，并且生育甚多。Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.

²⁸雅各住在埃及地十七年，雅各平生的年日是一百四十七岁。And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.

雅各要约瑟起誓葬他在迦南

²⁹以色列的死期临近了，他就叫了他儿子约瑟来，说：“我若在你眼前蒙恩，请你把手放在我大腿底下，用慈爱和诚实待我，请你不要将我葬在埃及。When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,

³⁰我与我祖我父同睡的时候，你要将我带出埃及，葬在他们所葬的地方。”约瑟说：“我必遵着你的命而行。”but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.”

³¹雅各说：“你要向我起誓。”约瑟就向他起了誓，于是以色列在床头上敬拜　神。“Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.

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约瑟带两个儿子探望父亲

¹这事以后，有人告诉约瑟说：“你的父亲病了。”他就带着两个儿子玛拿西和以法莲同去。Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

²有人告诉雅各说：“请看，你儿子约瑟到你这里来了。”以色列就勉强在床上坐起来。When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.

雅各收以法莲和玛拿西为子

³雅各对约瑟说：“全能的　神曾在迦南地的路斯向我显现，赐福与我，Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me

⁴对我说：‘我必使你生养众多，成为多民，又要把这地赐给你的后裔，永远为业。’and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’

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⁵我未到埃及见你之先，你在埃及地所生的以法莲和玛拿西这两个儿子是我的，正如流便和西缅是我的一样。And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

⁶你在他们以后所生的就是你的，他们可以归于他们弟兄的名下得产业。Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.

⁷至于我，我从巴旦来的时候，拉结死在我眼前，在迦南地的路上，离以法他还有一段路程，我就把她葬在以法他的路上〈以法他就是伯利恒〉。”Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

雅各拥抱两个孙子

⁸以色列看见约瑟的两个儿子，就说：“这是谁？”When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?”

⁹约瑟对他父亲说：“这是　神在这里赐给我的儿子。”以色列说：“请你领他们到我跟前，我要给他们祝福。”Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”

¹⁰以色列年纪老迈，眼睛昏花，不能看见。约瑟领他们到他跟前，他就和他们亲嘴，抱着他们。Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

¹¹以色列对约瑟说：“我想不到得见你的面，不料，　神又使我得见你的儿子。”“I never expected to see your face again,” Israel said to Joseph, “but now God has let me see your children as well.”

¹²约瑟把两个儿子从以色列两膝中领出来，自己就脸伏于地下拜。Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.

交叉双手祝福

¹³随后，约瑟又拉着他们两个，以法莲在他的右手里，对着以色列的左手，玛拿西在他的左手里，对着以色列的右手，领他们到以色列的跟前。And Joseph took both of them—with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand—and brought them close to him.

¹⁴以色列伸出右手来，按在以法莲的头上〈以法莲乃是次子〉，又剪搭过左手来，按在玛拿西的头上〈玛拿西原是长子〉。But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.

¹⁵他就给约瑟祝福说：“愿我祖亚伯拉罕和我父以撒所事奉的　神，就是一生牧养我直到今日的　神，Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

¹⁶救赎我脱离一切患难的那使者，赐福与这两个童子。愿他们归在我的名下和我祖亚伯拉罕、我父以撒的名下。又愿他们在世界中生养众多。”the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”

立以法莲在玛拿西以上

¹⁷约瑟见他父亲把右手按在以法莲的头上，就不喜悦，便提起他父亲的手，要从以法莲头上挪到玛拿西的头上。When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was displeased and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.

¹⁸约瑟对他父亲说：“我父，不是这样。这本是长子，求你把右手按在他的头上。”“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”

¹⁹他父亲不从，说：“我知道，我儿，我知道。他也必成为一族，也必昌大。只是他的兄弟将来比他还大；他兄弟的后裔要成为多族。”But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”

²⁰当日就给他们祝福说：“以色列人要指着你们祝福说：‘愿　神使你如以法莲、玛拿西一样。’”于是立以法莲在玛拿西以上。So that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

多给约瑟一分

²¹以色列又对约瑟说：“我要死了，但　神必与你们同在，领你们回到你们列祖之地。Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

²²并且我从前用弓用刀从亚摩利人手下夺的那块地，我都赐给你，使你比众弟兄多得一分。”And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

质问古人的遗传

¹那时，有法利赛人和文士从耶路撒冷来见耶稣，说：Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,

²“你的门徒为什么犯古人的遗传呢？因为吃饭的时候，他们不洗手。”“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

藉遗传废了神的诫命

³耶稣回答说：“你们为什么因着你们的遗传犯　神的诫命呢？Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

⁴神说：‘当孝敬父母’；又说：‘咒骂父母的，必治死他。’For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

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⁵你们倒说：‘无论何人对父母说：我所当奉给你的已经作了供献，But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

⁶他就可以不孝敬父母。’这就是你们借着遗传，废了　神的诫命。he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

嘴唇尊敬，心却远离

⁷假冒为善的人哪，以赛亚指着你们说的预言是不错的。他说：You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

⁸这百姓用嘴唇尊敬我，心却远离我；‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

⁹他们将人的吩咐当作道理教导人，所以拜我也是枉然。”They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”

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出口的乃能污秽人

¹⁰耶稣就叫了众人来，对他们说：“你们要听，也要明白。Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.

¹¹入口的不能污秽人，出口的乃能污秽人。”A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”

瞎子领瞎子

¹²当时，门徒进前来对他说：“法利赛人听见这话，不服（原文是跌倒），你知道吗？”Then the disciples came to Him and said, “Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

¹³耶稣回答说：“凡栽种的物，若不是我天父栽种的，必要拔出来。But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.

¹⁴任凭他们吧！他们是瞎眼领路的；若是瞎子领瞎子，两个人都要掉在坑里。”Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

污秽从心里发出来

¹⁵彼得对耶稣说：“请将这比喻讲给我们听。”Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”

¹⁶耶稣说：“你们到如今还不明白吗？“Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.

¹⁷岂不知凡入口的，是运到肚子里，又落在茅厕里吗？“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?

¹⁸惟独出口的，是从心里发出来的，这才污秽人。But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.

¹⁹因为从心里发出来的，有恶念、凶杀、奸淫、苟合、偷盗、妄证、谤讟。For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

²⁰这都是污秽人的；至于不洗手吃饭，那却不污秽人。”These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”

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迦南妇人的信心

²¹耶稣离开那里，退到泰尔、西顿的境内去。Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.

²²有一个迦南妇人，从那地方出来，喊着说：“主啊，大卫的子孙，可怜我！我女儿被鬼附得甚苦。”And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”

²³耶稣却一言不答。门徒进前来，求他说：“这妇人在我们后头喊叫，请打发她走吧。”But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”

²⁴耶稣说：“我奉差遣不过是到以色列家迷失的羊那里去。”He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

²⁵那妇人来拜他，说：“主啊，帮助我！”The woman came and knelt before Him. “Lord, help me!” she said.

²⁶他回答说：“不好拿儿女的饼丢给狗吃。”But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

²⁷妇人说：“主啊，不错；但是狗也吃它主人桌子上掉下来的碎渣儿。”“Yes, Lord,” she said, “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”

²⁸耶稣说：“妇人，你的信心是大的！照你所要的，给你成全了吧。”从那时候，她女儿就好了。“O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

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